In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea , his fourth volume to explore ``the hinges of history,`` Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining--and historically unassailable--journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.
By developing the alphabet, the Greeks empowered.
In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife with contradictions.
In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea , his fourth volume to explore ``the hinges of history,`` Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining--and historically unassailable--journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago
